February 1, 2014

Is This Zelda-Themed Top Trolling Gamers?

This is just so bad, and I doubt I need to explain why. I mean, really, Game Over ? When you still have half of your life left? What is this even supposed to mean? I want to be snarky about how this top was obviously designed by and for people who have never played a video game in their lives, but honestly, I think even non-gamers would look at this and be legitimately confused by the flaw. The iconography here is just so blatantly illogical, on such a basic level!

And why would you want to wear a top that simply says "Game Over" anyhow? What is that supposed to mean? It's like they just wanted to paste in some random phrase that had something vaguely to do with video games, for the heck of it. Maybe next time they can do Mario stomping on a koopa and shouting "Level Up!" or put Halo's Master Chief under the Mass Effect logo saying "VIDEO GAMES, am I right!?"

It feels like this item of clothing was created solely to incite nerd rage. Is real-life trolling a thing now? Oh well, I did enjoy all the "Half Life 3 confirmed" comments in the reddit thread. At least we all had a good laugh about it.